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VOLUME 2 No. 2 | APR - JUN 2017 MANILA, PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION NEWSMAGAZINE Let The Children Play PSC CHILDREN’S GAME page 6 Ulirang Sports in a 1st PSC Ama time of Ifugao page 4 Conflict: sets Tribal course the Marawi Games page 16 experience held page 12 page 15 April - June 2017 | PSC NEWSMAGAZINE 1 EDITORIAL the CHAIRMAN speaks This quarter we revived the Children’s Games, which is very close to my heart and the core of REAL the Philippine Sports Commission’s Sports for Peace program, amid the Marawi City crisis. While we held a Barangay Sports Forum prior to the staging of the Children’s Games in Davao City last May, the war in Marawi City broke out and President Rodrigo Duterte de- GOLD clared Martial Law in all of Mindanao. We feel the grief and the pain of our brothers and sisters in Marawi who not only lost homes to the war but also loved ones who were caught in the crossfire. We also had to evacuate some of our Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) staff and vol- IN unteer coaches who conducted a consultative meeting and grassroots coaching education there when the siege erupted in Marawi City. You know who you are, thank you for your courage and love to serve the people in Marawi. And yet, the Children’s Games in Davao City, albeit the Martial Law ruling, drew over 1,000 CHILDREN’S Christian, Lumad and Muslim children. It was indeed a shining moment for sports as we showed the world that peacemaking starts with the children. In the midst of global terrorism and national terrorism, the more we focus on sports for peace as we are guided by the directions of the President to make sports available for all, breaking GAMES barriers of religion, dialect, color, social and economic status. The children will be our future leaders. That is how valuable they are. Instilling in them good values, teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship and discipline through sports - that is the real gold medal, seeing them transform into better ver- sions of themselves for the good of the community and inspiring them to go to IRONICALLY, the Children’s Games, a major component of the plement a program that meets UNESCO’s major themes and school and dream for their future. Teaching how important peace is among Philippine Sports Commission’s Sports for Peace program, objectives. UNESCO then invited Chairman Ramirez to present our children is also vital. was revived in Davao City on the same day that the Marawi the Children’s Games to the 6th International Conference of siege erupted and Martial Law was declared in Mindanao last Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Educa- After all, sports is not only about gold medals in the Southeast Asian (SEA) May 2017. tion and Sport in Kazan, Russia. However, PSC Commission- Games, Asian Games and the Olympics, although we all want that for our er Ramon Fernandez represented the Chairman to the Russia country. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Wil- event. liam “Butch” Ramirez had the option to cancel the Children’s We will continue to talk peace and unity as we make every effort to bring Games but he pushed through with it after Davao City Mayor “The children is our focus, they are the real gold and sports to the periphery. Sara Duterte-Carpio saw no need to do such. for me, more previous than the ones in the Southeast Asian Games or the Olympics because. They are the future leaders We may be able to produce 22 million barangay sports for peace volun- Over 1,000 Muslim, Lumad and Christian children and peacemakers of the country. When children play, human- teers and more Children’s Games before the President’s term ends. from 30 of the city’s 180 barangays formed part of the Games ity celebrates,” Ramirez said. We will strive to achieve this. that featured Larong Pinoy, basketball, volleyball and sports for peace storytelling. There are other Children’s Games initiated by We will continue to collaborate with local government units, Depart- non-government organizations (NGOs) in other countries but ment of Education, Department of Interior and Local Government and Chairman Ramirez observed that despite the war in only the Philippines has a Children’s Games included in the other stakeholders in the private sector, the academe, and different Marawi, the Children’s Games participants learned “early les- program of a government agency. national sports organizations to move our services and programs for- sons” in peace, brotherhood and inclusivity and that they can ward. play and mingle with each other regardless of their tribe, reli- The first Mindanao Children’s Games was launched gion, dialect and social status. during the first term of Chairman Ramirez in 2008 in Davao Meanwhile, this edition of the PSC News Magazine will feature the Mara- City after the success of the Sports for Peace program in Mid- wi crisis experience of our staff, preparations for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts This sparked the interest of the United Nations Educa- sayap, North Cotabato where hundreds of children of Moro In- Games, PSC team building, Tribal Games in Ifugao, Directional Meeting and the Laro’t tional Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to forge ternational Liberation Front (MILF) figthers were housed and Saya sa Parke in Negros, among others. a partnership with the PSC and the Philippine Sports Institute played together with Christian kids at Notre Dame of Midsayap (PSI) in making the Sports for Peace program an effective and College. The slogan we coined during the Children’s Games in Davao put to words what serves powerful tool not just for values formation but also as a strong as the fire and drive in every man and woman in the PSC, all working for the better- vehicle for development and peace. The Children’s Games was only revived during the ad- ment of sports: ministration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who earlier chal- UNESCO, thus, cited the Philippines as the first to im- lenged Ramirez “to make sports available to all”. Para sa kabataan, para sa kapayapaan, para sa ating Inang bayan! 2 April - June 2017 | PSC NEWSMAGAZINE April - June 2017 | PSC NEWSMAGAZINE 3 PARA SA BATANG PINOY ULIRANG by LEDDA MARIE R. TUAZON AMA by MALYN P. BAMBA The third Sunday of June each year sees admirable men an icing on the cake. One does not work and serve for Salvador Medialdea (gov- achievers from different fields of interest on one stage the accolades” Chairman Ramirez said about his Ulirang ernment and public service), who are all awardees this 2017. when the The Ulirang Ama Ina Awards Foundation, Ama citation. “Seeing sports being an integral part of Inc. confers them the honor of an Ulirang Ama award. nation-building is an award in itself. Seeing how sports Chairman Ramirez was joined by wife Mercy Men of ideals, paragon of dedication and success as fa- help form a child’s future is a victory. This is a bonus!” and daughter Farah and family when he received the All is set for this year’s Batang Pinoy competitions. Ven- According to Quintos, in order to qualify for the ther and at the same time leaders in their own fields. award. His other children Omar and Joshua both followed ues and dates for each qualifying leg are all confirmed National Finals in these 18 sports, they must have partic- A number of notable projects of the PSC the milestone through videos and pictures sent online. and requests for Memorandum Circulars from the De- ipated in the Qualifying Legs. She also added that “eight On June 18 of this year, the Philippine where conceptualized, crafted and implement- partment of Education and the Department of Interior additional sports- Cycling, Gymnastics, Judo, Rugby Sports Commission’s very own “ama” received a ed during Chairman Ramirez’s terms, like the Sports The foundation confers this presti- and Local Government have been sent out. Football, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Wrestling and Wushu well-deserved award at the Manila Hotel, recogniz- for peace activities and Philippine Sports Insti- gious award annually to outstanding Filipino fa- - will be the only ones open to all participants for the Na- ing his efforts in Philippine sports through the years. tute . A true father at heart , the Children’s games thers with significant achievements in their respec- For this year, the Board of Commissioners, to- tional Finals to be held in February 2018.” was also crafted and implemented in his time. tive fields of endeavor or career, combining this gether with the members of the National Secretariat, has Chairman William Ramirez is one successfully with the task of caring for the family. opted for a distribution of last year’s record-breaking The Mindanao Qualifying Leg was originally of this year’s batch of Ulirang Ama awardee. He joins notable personalities from different national competition. Qualifying Legs for Mindanao, Vi- scheduled on July 9 to 15 in Oroquieta City, Misamis Oc- fields like retired Supreme Court Justice Ruben Reyes (law The PSC is truly fortunate to have Chair- sayas and Luzon respectively will occur prior to the Na- cidental. Seventy-six local government units have already The ever humble and modest chief of the PSC & judiciary), Col. Ariel Querubin (Military), Mr. Raul Con- man Ramirez stand not only as its chairman but our tional Finals itself. sent in their Entry Forms A and A1 to their respective LGU did not even announce the citation to the employees, cepcion (business & industry), Former Vice President Noli “ulirang ama”.
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